Re: [ftpext] WG Action: FTP Extensions, 2nd edition (ftpext2)

[Anthony Bryan <[e-mail]>]

so, wow, looks like things are rolling along! :)

as you can see, our WG got approved last Thursday.

I'm very happy to see comments on
draft-peterson-streamlined-ftp-command-extensions still coming in.
please chime in if you haven't already.

I'm new to this, so I wonder what the first order of business is?

here are some ideas:

1) we have 4 drafts on the charter, 3 of which are "active" (John
hasn't updated draft-klensin-ftp-typeu yet). once these are submitted
with the string '-ftpext2-' in the
draft name, they will show up at http://tools.ietf.org/wg/ftpext2/

I think our ID draft-bryan-ftp-hash becomes ietf-ftpext2-hash then? (&
the others follow in a similar fashion).

should this be done now? we should change the WG at the top of our
drafts I guess. how is this done in xml2rfc? is there anything else
that needs to be changed?

2) making sure everyone who would be interested in this WG knows about
it's existence.

now that it's official, I hope more people will hear about it.

Alun mentioned inviting members of the old WG. I think think we can
get a subscriber list, but the archives are at
http://www.ietf.org/mail-archive/text/ftpext/ if anyone could go
through & invite them...

is there anyone else that should be invited?

thanks for being here & helping us to improve FTP!

-- 
(( Anthony Bryan ... Metalink [ http://www.metalinker.org ]
  )) Easier, More Reliable, Self Healing Downloads


On Tue, Nov 23, 2010 at 1:48 PM, IESG Secretary <[e-mail]> wrote:
> A new IETF working group has been formed in the Applications Area.  For
> additional information, please contact the Area Directors or the WG
> Chairs.
>
> FTP Extensions, 2nd edition (ftpext2)
> ---------------------------------------------------
> Current Status: Active Working Group
>
> Chair(s):
>  Anthony Bryan <[e-mail]>
>  Tony Hansen <[e-mail]>
>
> Applications Area Directors:
>  Alexey Melnikov <[e-mail]>
>  Peter Saint-Andre <[e-mail]>
>
> Applications Area Advisor:
>  Alexey Melnikov <[e-mail]>
>
> Mailing Lists:
>  General Discussion: [e-mail]
>  To subscribe: https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ftpext
>  Archive: http://www.ietf.org/mail-archive/web/ftpext/
>
> Description of Working Group:
>
> The Standard File Transfer Protocol specification in RFC 959
> has been updated several times with command extensions of one
> sort or another, including those based on the extension
> mechanism of RFC 2389 (a complete list appears in RFC 5797 and
> the corresponding IANA registry at
> http://www.iana.org/assignments/ftp-commands-extensions).
>
> The following are active FTP related drafts:
>
>  draft-bryan-ftp-hash
>  draft-hethmon-mcmurray-ftp-hosts
>  FTP extensions to support IPv4/IPv6 translation scenario
>  draft-klensin-ftp-typeu-00 - FTP Extension for Internationalized Text
>
> The Working Group will:
> * Review and finalize drafts listed above.
> * Review and confirm or reject errata of current FTP RFCs.
> * Investigate the differences between FTP in theory
>  (current RFCs) and practice, and recommend future work to align them.
>  Any future work would require rechartering of the WG.
>
> The Working Group's specification deliverables are:
> * A document that specifies the HOST command (Proposed Standard).
> * A document that specifies the HASH command (Proposed Standard).
> * A document that specifies FTP extensions to support IPv4/IPv6
> translation scenario.
> * A document that specifies FTP extensions for Internationalized Text.
>
> The Working Group must not introduce a new version of FTP, e.g.
> an incompatible FTP 2.0.
>
> Goals and Milestones:
>
> Nov 2010  Submit 'File Transfer Protocol HOST Command for Virtual
>         Hosts' as working group item (draft-hethmon-mcmurray-ftp-hosts
>         will be used as a starting point)
> Nov 2010  Submit 'File Transfer Protocol HASH Command for
>         Cryptographic Hashes' as working group item (draft-bryan-ftp-
>         hash will be used as a starting point)
> Nov 2010  Submit 'FTP extensions to support IPv4/IPv6 translation'
>         as working group item (draft-liu-ftp64-extension will be used
>         as a starting point)
> Dec 2010  Working group Last Call of HOST document
> Jan 2011  Submit 'File Transfer Protocol HOST Command for Virtual
>         Hosts' to the IESG for consideration as a Proposed Standard
> Jan 2011  Working group Last Call of HASH document
> Feb 2011  Submit 'File Transfer Protocol HASH Command for
>         Cryptographic Hashes' to the IESG for consideration as a
>         Proposed Standard
> Mar 2011  Working group Last Call of 'FTP extensions to support
>         IPv4/IPv6 translation' document
> Apr 2011  Submit 'FTP Extension for Internationalized Text'
>         as working group item
> May 2011  Submit 'FTP extensions to support IPv4/IPv6 translation'
>         to the IESG for consideration as Proposed Standard
> Jul 2011  Working group Last Call of 'FTP Extension for
>         Internationalized Text'
> Aug 2011  Submit 'FTP Extension for Internationalized Text'
>         to the IESG for consideration as Proposed Standard
> Sep 2011  Close or recharter
>